Treatment and prophylaxis for brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer: Whole brain radiation treatment versus stereotactic radiosurgery

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Ferrarese, F ^a   Baggio, V ^a   Zorat, P L ^a   Fiore, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLLIMATOR; COST CONTROL; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 33645836151     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdj929     Document Type: Article

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